Jesus and the Indian Messiah

1. I am the Christ

   The challenge
   The second coming and Islam

2. Once upon a time . . .

   A Christian encounter
   The birth of a denomination
   Mahdi and the Messiah
   Division

3. Manifold Visions and Claims

   The claim to be a reformer
   The claim to be the Imam
   The claim to be a prophet
   The claim to be Krishna of the Hindus
   The claim to be God and the Son of God

4. The Muslim Christ

   The second Adam
   Even greater miracles
   Contrived interpretations
   Five or fifty volumes?
   Prophecies against opponents
   A Muslim opponent
   An apostate disciple
   The heavenly marriage
   A debate
   Jesus of the Qur’an
   Decorum

5. A New Discovery?

   The theory of substitution
   The swoon theory
   Something old, something new
   The question of the tomb
   Strange reasoning
   The divine ointment

6. The Crucifixion Factor

   The sign of Jonah
   The lost sheep of Israel
   The lost tribes
   The word "LOST" in the Gospel
   Jesus’ prayer before the crucifixion

7. Death and the Resurrection

   Blood and water:
   A sure sign of conspiracy?
   Pilate’s favour
   Jesus died of what?
   Crucifixion for two hours?
   The ointment
   Resurrection or resuscitation
   The disciples’ courage
   The wounded body
   Food and drink
   The shroud of Jesus
   The evidence for the shroud
   Firsthand evidence for the resurrection

8. The Ascension of Jesus

   The Islamic idea
   The biblical answer
   A Muslim’s dilemma
   The argument against Ascension
   Kashmir instead of heaven
   Jesus died at the age of 33, 60, 120 or 125?

9. The Great Sacrifice

   Kaffâra, the Promise of God
   The popular Islamic
   interpretation of atonement
   The biblical view of atonement
   Atonement and the Law of Moses
   Jesus: Zabih-ullah, the sacrifice of God

10. The Bible and the Qur’an: a question of integrity

    The distinction
    Integrity of the Bible
    Missing verses
    The standard in question
    Alleged contradictions
    Al-Nasikh Wa Al-Mansukh, The doctrine of abrogation

11. Pagan origins

    The case against Christianity
    The balance of truth
    The strange legacy
    The Logos connection

12. The Christian idea of God

    Ahmadiyya and Muslim reaction
    The Qur’anic standard
    New trends
    The Divinity of Jesus

13. Every wind of Doctrine

    Revelation from God
    The Genesis story
    The first man
    Angels and demons
    The life hereafter

14. The second coming of Christ

    His identity on his return
    The purpose of his coming
    The Islamic view
    The biblical view
    The time of his coming

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